On this episode of Slate Money, Felix Salmon of Fusion, Slate's Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and author Harold Pollack discuss:

• Harold's simple financial guide, The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated

• The current state of the Affordable Care Act

• The economics behind neglected diseases

Harold Pollack is the Helen Ross Professor of Social Service Administration and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago, and a nonresident fellow of the Century Foundation.

Read his proposal on how to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, here.

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Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Twitter: @Felix salmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Podcast production by Zachary Dinerstein

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